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Armenia Empyrean Foundation at a glance

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Armenia Empyrean Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$286k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$110k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$415kInternational$356kScience & Tech$69kMembership Benefit$53kEducation$52kCivil Rights$25kReligion$13kHealth$4kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $165k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $110k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$4.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VEM USA INC$110,000
FRIENDS OF FAST$35,000
VEM USA INC$30,000
ARMENIAN GENERAL BENEVOLENT UNION$25,000
YERAZART INC$25,000
ARMENIAN INTERNATIONAL WOMENS ASSOCIATION INC$10,150
ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA INC$10,000
ST MARYS UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA$10,000
ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA INC$10,000
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA CORPORATION$10,000
ARMENIAN MISSIONARY ASSOC OF AMER INC$3,600
ST JAMES ARMENIAN CHURCH$3,000
GOALS FOR GIRLS INC$1,100
ARMENIAN BONE MARROW DONOR REGISTRY CORP$1,000
ST STEPHENS ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH OF GREATER B$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 51% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%ARMENIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOC INC: $3k → 7%YERAZART INC: $155k → 8%ST MARYS UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: $10k → 14%VEM USA INC: $110k → 14%ARMENIAN GENERAL BENEVOLENT UNION: $25k → 17%ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA INC: $25k → 14%ARMENIAN MISSIONARY ASSOC OF AMER INC: $4k → 7%100 LIVES FOUNDATION INC: $25k → 7%YERAZART INC: $48k → 8%ST MARYS UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: $10k → 14%VEM USA INC: $30k → 14%ARMENIAN GENERAL BENEVOLENT UNION: $15k → 17%ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA INC: $10k → 14%YERAZART INC: $37k → 8%ST MARYS UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: $10k → 14%VEM USA INC: $20k → 14%ARMENIAN GENERAL BENEVOLENT UNION: $10k → 17%ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA INC: $10k → 14%YERAZART INC: $35k → 8%ST MARYS UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: $10k → 14%ARMENIAN GENERAL BENEVOLENT UNION: $25k → 14%ARMENIAN GENERAL BENEVOLENT UNION: $3k → 17%ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA INC: $3k → 14%YERAZART INC: $30k → 8%VEM USA INC: $15k → 14%ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA INC: $3k → 14%YERAZART INC: $30k → 8%YERAZART INC: $25k → 8%VEM USA INC: $12k → 14%CHILDREN OF ARMENIA FUND INC: $10k → 17%HALO TRUST USA INC: $20k → 14%YERAZART INC: $25k → 8%FRIENDS OF FAST: $34k → 14%CHILDREN OF ARMENIA FUND INC: $10k → 17%ANCA ENDOWMENT FUND: $3k → 14%ARMENIAN INTERNATIONAL WOMENS ASSOCIATION INC: $10k → 8%AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA CORPORATION: $10k → 14%CHILDREN OF ARMENIA FUND INC: $10k → 17%TEKEYAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION INC: $10k → 8%FRIENDS OF FAST: $35k → 14%CHILDREN OF ARMENIA FUND INC: $5k → 17%ARMENIAN INTERNATIONAL WOMENS ASSOCIATION INC: $5k → 8%CHILDREN OF ARMENIA FUND INC: $5k → 17%ST JAMES ARMENIAN CHURCH: $3k → 8%TEKEYAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION INC: $3k → 8%ST STEPHENS ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH OF GREATER B: $2k → 8%AURORA HUMANITARIAN INITIATIVE FOUNDATION INC: $15k → 8%NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR ARMENIAN STUDIES AND RESE: $17k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
MN
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
DC
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$906k · 15 repeat orgs$83k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
10

Total granted

$906k
$68k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+93%

Still filing today

73%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalEducationArts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyScience & TechOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • YI
    YERAZART INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $385k · revenue +131% · 89% of their budget
  • VU
    VEM USA
    4× · 2021–2024 · $187k · revenue +260%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF FAST
    2× · 2023–2024 · $69k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • 1L
    100 LIVES FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • TH
    THE HALO TRUST (USA) INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +179%
  • AH
    AURORA HUMANITARIAN INITIATIVE FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue +152%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Armenian Sports Hall of Fame
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2
Global Arm Foundation

Education about armenia & caucasu region

Philanthropy
3
National Association for Armenian Studies and Research Inc

Founded in 1955, the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) is an independent non-profit membership organization, and one of the world's leading Armenian Studies centers and rare book libraries. NAASR advances…

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4
Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art Inc

To promote armenian contemporary experimental art

Arts & Culture
5
Armenian Professional Society Scholarship Fund

Further education

Arts & Culture
6
The Voice of the Armenian Church Inc
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7
Armenian National Institute Inc

To promote understanding of the armenian genocide through research, analysis, publication, and public forums; to collect and organize documentation attesting to and preserving the memory of the armenian genocide; and to increase public…

International
8
The Amer Research Inst of the South Cauc

The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) encourages and supports scholarly study of the South Caucasus states (Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia) across all disciplines of the Humanities, Sciences, and Social Sciences.…

International
9
Armenian Educational Foundation

Providing grants that contribute to the goals of armenian education and heritage

Arts & Culture
10
Armenian Film Society

Armenian film society celebrates armenian culture through year-round programming of film screenings, discussions, workshop, and lectures. it shines a spotlight on armenian films and filmmakers, as week as films that deal with armenian…

Arts & Culture
11
Research On Armenian Architecture Usa

Research, study and document ancient Armenian architecture.

Arts & Culture
12
Armenian Youth Federation Youth Org Arf Eastern Usa Inc

Educate youth about armenian heritage, history, and culture. create opportunities for american-armenian youth to gain leadership experience in their communities around the united states. provide opportunities for armenian-american youth…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Armenian Assembly of America Inc; the most unlike its peers is St Marys University of Minnesota. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 30 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
13/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YERAZART INC: $384,700 · PhilanthropyYERAZART INC+1 more: $1,550 · PhilanthropyVEM USA: $187,000 · Arts & CultureVEM USAAURORA HUMANITARIAN INITIATIVE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureAURORA HUMANITARIAN INIT…TEKEYAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION INC: $12,500 · Arts & CultureTEKEYAN CULTURAL ASSOCIA…ARMENIAN GENERAL BENEVOLENT UNION: $52,700 · OtherARMENIAN GENERA…ARMENIAN GENERAL BENEVOLENT UNION: $25,250 · OtherARMENIAN GENERA…100 LIVES FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Other100 LIVES FOUND…NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR ARMENIAN STUDIES AND RESE: $17,666 · OtherNATIONAL ASSOCI…+6 more: $12,900 · Other+6 moreARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA INC: $50,250 · InternationalARMENIAN ASSEM…CHILDREN OF ARMENIA FUND INC DBA CHILDREN OF ARMENIA FUND COAF: $40,000 · InternationalCHILDREN OF AR…THE HALO TRUST (USA) INC: $20,000 · InternationalTHE HALO TRUST…ARMENIAN INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S ASSOCIATI: $16,350 · InternationalARMENIAN INTER…+2 more: $2,750 · InternationalFRIENDS OF FAST: $69,000 · Science & TechST MARYS UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: $40,000 · EducationAMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA CORPORATION: $10,000 · Education+2 more: $1,500 · EducationArmenian American Medical Association: $2,500 · HealthARMENIAN BONE MARROW DONOR REGISTRY CORP: $1,500 · HealthBoston Children's Heart Foundation Inc: $250 · HealthGoals for Girls Inc: $1,100 · Recreation & Sports
Philanthropy$386,250Arts & Culture$214,500Other$133,516International$129,350Science & Tech$69,000Education$51,500Health$4,250Recreation & Sports$1,100

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYERAZART INC: $384,700 over 8y, 89% of budgetVEM USA: $187,000 over 4y, 8.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF FAST: $69,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA INC: $50,250 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetCHILDREN OF ARMENIA FUND INC DBA CHILDREN OF ARMENIA FUND COAF: $40,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetST MARYS UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetARMENIAN GENERAL BENEVOLENT UNION: $25,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HALO TRUST (USA) INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARMENIAN INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S ASSOCIATI: $16,350 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetAURORA HUMANITARIAN INITIATIVE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTEKEYAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetAMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArmenian American Medical Association: $2,500 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetANCA ENDOWMENT FUND INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSOCIETY FOR ORPHANED ARMENIAN RELIEF: $1,550 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetARMENIAN BONE MARROW DONOR REGISTRY CORP: $1,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGoals for Girls Inc: $1,100 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDEXTER SOUTHFIELD INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoston Children's Heart Foundation Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARMENIAN RELIEF SOCIETY OF EASTERN USA INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Afeyan Family Foundat…John Mirak FoundationUcla FoundationThe Parsekian Foundat…Avedisian 575 Foundat…Nazareth & Nila Feste…The Stephen Philibosi…K George & Carolann N…Bedrosian FoundationLevon & Claudia Nazar…Vartkess & Rita Balia…Mina & Hacob Shirvani…
Afeyan Family FoundationDE34.8× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Afeyan Family Foundation · John Mirak Foundation · Ucla Foundation · The Parsekian Foundation Inc · Avedisian 575 Foundation Inc · Nazareth & Nila Festekjian Family Foundation · The Stephen Philibosian Foundation · K George & Carolann Najarian Charitable Foundation · Bedrosian Foundation · Levon & Claudia Nazarian Family Foundation Inc (Levon Nazarian Fd'N) · Vartkess & Rita Balian Family Foundation Inc · Mina & Hacob Shirvanian Family Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Armenia Empyrean Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Armenia Empyrean Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Boston Children's Heart Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to Armenia Empyrean Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Armenia Empyrean Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 30 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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